Report
Michael Field
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

Narrow-Moat Compass Serves Up a Solid First-Half Performance

Industry leader Compass Group delivered first-half results broadly in line with our expectations for the full year. The company generated organic revenue growth of 3.6% year over year, combined with operating margin improvement of 20 basis points, culminating in EPS growth of just over 4%, a reasonably solid performance in the face of continued headwinds. We do not expect to change our long-term forecasts on the back of these results, and we reiterate our GBX 1460 fair value estimate and our nar...
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Compass Group PLC

Compass Group is engaged in providing outsourced food and support services. The five sectors in which Co. operates are: Business & Industry, which provides food for employees during their working day; Healthcare & Seniors, which helps hospitals in the public and private sectors manage and enhance quality of food and support services; Education, which provides dining solutions from kindergarten to college; Sports & Leisure, which provides hospitality and service at sporting and leisure venues, exhibition centers, visitor attractions and events; and Defence, Offshore & Remote, which provides food and support services to companies in the oil and gas and mining and construction industries.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Michael Field

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